Looks like Amazon is going to try the Dot again. It is showing up in a bundle with a Bose speaker and also by itself for just $49.99 - release date October 20th. It is available in black and white.
I wasn't terribly impressed with the first one, but for the lower price I might be willing to try again.
I have the 1st gen Echo Dot. I like it for what I got it for--I already had an Echo. Well, two Echos. I got the Dot for my office specifically because I can add a wired speaker or pair my Bluetooth headset with it. Sometimes I want to listen to music/news/audiobooks early in the morning in the office which is right next to the bedroom. Being able to pair my headset with my Echo Dot is great so I don't disturb my husband. Or, if I want to just play it, I have a small speaker I plug in. The speakers that are in it aren't very good, really.
I don't know that I said much beyond "The speaker is noticeably more 'tinny' on piano instrumental music than the Echos but for listening quietly to unwind it is fine." DH uses it connected to a separate speaker and it's OK. I find it more useful to ask questions and control my smart plugs and such.
I have a birthday coming up so I went ahead and ordered a Dot with the Bose speaker from the Deal of the Day today... I have a little over a month to change my mind if I decide I want to spend the money on something else.
Thank you for the feedback Betsy and Andra. So it looks like its primary appeal to me would be to act as a voice activated box to control my music. I plan to plug it into my AV system for surround music. I don't really have smart plugs or a smart thermostat yet.
A few more questions: How can you tell Alexa to use Spotify rather than Prime music? Also, how can I log in to my Spotify? In Fire TV, I can't log in directly. I have to link in my mac through wifi, but I have to set up spotify each time through my mac and do my selection of playlists there. Is it different for Echo and/or Echo dot?
You link Spotify right in the alexa app. I don't have it so I can't try. But its then there along with other things to link like Iheartradio, pandora, your music library, prime music and tunein. Those are the ones listed in my app. I assume you just tell her to play something with spotify. When i want a iheartradio station for the first time, I say iheartradio and what I want. Next time she remembers. They are all connected then. I think, but don't know for sure that if you just say play this and that, it will look in prime first. If you want a specific playlist, you say that. If you want spotify or other service, you say that. But since I don't have any other service other than prime and iheart, I don't know how it works exactly.
There is also a new setting where you can tell the app what music thing you want for your default. DH has set his up to be iheart radio but I left mine at Amazon since that's where most of my music is stored.
There is also a new setting where you can tell the app what music thing you want for your default. DH has set his up to be iheart radio but I left mine at Amazon since that's where most of my music is stored.
you are right, I just looked. I didn't know this was there. I assume its set to amazon by default? Its where most of my music is.
Its in settings-music & media (account). there is a choose default and it gives different options for music library and for default station. So for music library I can pick amazon music or spotify, for station service I can pick amazon music and iheartradio. Pandora is greyed out, are they gone? I am also sad I don't have tunein anymore. It was the only place I had for some of my german stations. I have not found them anywhere else. *sadface.
I received my new toys today. I plugged the Bose speaker in to charge when I first got home. It took about 3 hours to fully charge. The Dot setup was simple and pairing the two was incredibly easy. The Bose speaker definitely has a fuller sound than the Dot. I like it!
Just got mine today. Actually got it for my Mom to listen to audiobooks. The quick start guide didn't list audiobooks, but I'm sure it will play audiobooks.
I meant to bring it with me tonight when I went to Mom's but I was running very late and forgot. I'll have to set it up tomorrow. I'm sure I'll be back here with questions.
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